EP3017182A1 - High pressure fluid connection - Google Patents

High pressure fluid connection

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EP3017182A1
EP3017182A1 EP14732570.8A EP14732570A EP3017182A1 EP 3017182 A1 EP3017182 A1 EP 3017182A1 EP 14732570 A EP14732570 A EP 14732570A EP 3017182 A1 EP3017182 A1 EP 3017182A1
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injector
pipe
clamping plate
orifice
head
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Mark S. Graham
Anthony T. Harcombe
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Delphi Technologies IP Ltd
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Delphi International Operations Luxembourg SARL
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M61/00—Fuel-injectors not provided for in groups F02M39/00 - F02M57/00 or F02M67/00
    • F02M61/14—Arrangements of injectors with respect to engines; Mounting of injectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M55/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by their fuel conduits or their venting means; Arrangements of conduits between fuel tank and pump F02M37/00
    • F02M55/004—Joints; Sealings
    • F02M55/005—Joints; Sealings for high pressure conduits, e.g. connected to pump outlet or to injector inlet
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M55/00—Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by their fuel conduits or their venting means; Arrangements of conduits between fuel tank and pump F02M37/00
    • F02M55/02—Conduits between injection pumps and injectors, e.g. conduits between pump and common-rail or conduits between common-rail and injectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M2200/80—Fuel injection apparatus manufacture, repair or assembly
    • F02M2200/803—Fuel injection apparatus manufacture, repair or assembly using clamp elements and fastening means; e.g. bolts or screws
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
    • F02M2200/00—Details of fuel-injection apparatus, not otherwise provided for
    • F02M2200/85—Mounting of fuel injection apparatus
    • F02M2200/855—Mounting of fuel injection apparatus using clamp elements or fastening means, e.g. bolts or screws

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  • the present invention relates to a high pressure fluid connection system particularly suitable to a fuel injection system.
  • High pressure fluid systems comprise several devices tightly
  • the system comprises an injector having a first orifice to which is tightly connected a pipe having a matching first orifice. Both orifices are surrounded with peripheral smooth surfaces that are complementary surfaces sealingly pressed against each other by a screw clamping plate.
  • the injector has a connection head where are arranged its first orifice and a second orifice. Both orifices join a common internal volume.
  • the injection system further comprises an intermediate pipe having a matching orifice tightly connected to the injector's second orifice. Both said orifices are surrounded with peripheral smooth surfaces that are complementary surfaces sealingly pressed against each other by the clamping plate.
  • the orifices of said intermediate pipe are arranged at the extremities of said intermediate pipe.
  • the system further comprises a second injector which first orifice is tightly connected to said another orifice of said intermediate pipe so that the first and the second injectors are connected.
  • the system comprises at least three injectors connected by a plurality of intermediate pipes.
  • the assembly extends from a first injector to a last injector and, the system further comprises a high pressure pump having an outlet orifice tightly connected by an intermediate pipes to the first orifice of said first injector.
  • all smooth surfaces surrounding orifices are surfaces of revolution, the axis of each surface being the axis of the surrounded orifice, such as portion of cones or of sphere or are ovoid or flat discs.
  • the clamping plate has a fork-like portion extending from a lower surface to an upper surface of said clamping plate.
  • the lower surface is arranged to face the head of the injector and the pipe is provided with a collar.
  • the pipe is arranged in the fork with the collar in abutment against the lower face of the clamping plate, a screw being tightened to solicit the clamping plate toward the injector, the tightening force being transmitted to the collar so that the smooth surfaces of the pipe and of the injector are sealingly pressed against each other.
  • the clamping plate may have a second fork-like portion so that the injector's first and second orifices are sealingly connected to respective pipes.
  • the clamping plate has a through hole in which passes the screw, the head of the screw being in abutment against the upper surface of the clamping plate and its threaded portion being threaded into the head of the injector.
  • the tightening force maintains the pipe in tightly connection with the injector.
  • the clamping plate has a through hole wherein passes the screw, the head of the screw is in abutment against the upper surface of the clamping plate and its threaded portion being threaded into the engine block.
  • the tightening force maintains the pipe in tightly connection with the injector and the injector in place on the engine.
  • the clamping plate may have a second through hole wherein passes a second screw, the head of the second screw being in abutment against the upper surface of the clamping plate and its threaded portion being threaded as well into the engine block.
  • the fork-like is centrally arranged and the two screws are diametrically opposed from the fork-like so to provide balanced forces to tightly connect the pipe onto the injector.
  • the pipe is cylindrical and is provided with a radial orifice extending through its wall, the complementary smooth surfaces being the outer cylindrical surface of the pipe and a matching surface of a groove.
  • the groove is arranged on the top surface of the head of the injector.
  • This connections arrangement enable to assemble a system comprising a plurality of injectors connected to a single pipe provided with a plurality of radial orifices each of which being tightly connected to the first orifice of an injector.
  • the pipe can be engaged between a lower surface of the clamping plate and the head of the injector, a screw being tightened to force the clamping plate toward the injector so transmitting a radial tightening force to the pipe. Consequently, the smooth cylindrical surfaces of the pipe and of the injector are sealingly pressed against each other.
  • the screw is threaded on the head of the injector so that the clamping plate and the injector are pulled toward each other, the pipe between them being fixed by a radial compression force.
  • the head of the injector and an extremity of the clamping plate may be engaged both having complementary hook- like shapes.
  • the screw is tightened at an extremity of the clamping plate opposed to the hook, so that the pipe between the clamping plate and the injector's head is fixed by a radial
  • Figure 1 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a first embodiment.
  • Figure 2 is a section of the connection of figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is similar to figure 1, two pipes being connected to the injector.
  • Figure 4 is a section of the connection of figure 3.
  • Figure 5 is a general view of a plurality of injectors connected according to the first embodiment.
  • Figure 6 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a second embodiment.
  • Figure 7 is a section of the connection of figure 6.
  • Figure 8 is similar to figure 6, two pipes being connected to the injector.
  • Figure 9 is a section of the connection of figure 8.
  • Figure 10 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a third embodiment.
  • Figure 11 is a section of the connection of figure 10.
  • Figure 12 is similar to figure 10, two pipes being connected to the injector.
  • Figure 13 is a section of the connection of figure 12.
  • Figure 14 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a fourth embodiment.
  • Figure 15 is a section of the connection of figure 14.
  • Figure 16 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a fifth embodiment.
  • Figure 17 is a section of the connection of figure 16.
  • Figure 18 is a general view of a fuel injection system comprising a plurality of injectors connected to a single pipe.
  • a fuel injector 14 has an elongated shape extending along a main axis A from a top head 16 to an injection nozzle.
  • the injector 14 is positioned in a well provided in the engine block wherein it is fixed thanks to a fixing block 18 screwed onto the engine block.
  • the fixing block 18 has an attachment feature 20, similar to a pair of clamp, receiving the injector's head 16 and, the screwing force exercises onto the injector 14 a fixing axial force.
  • the top face 22 of the head 16 opens a first orifice 24 which in the vicinity of the top face 22 enlarges in a female conical surface 26.
  • the first orifice 24 is an inlet wherein the high pressure fuel enters the injector.
  • a pipe 28, provided at its extremity with a corresponding first orifice 30 surrounded by a male conical surface 32 is in complementary engagement with the head's first orifice 24.
  • a tubular sleeve 34 arranged around the pipe 28 is in abutment against the base of the male cone that forms a transversal surface 36 such as a collar.
  • a clamping plate 38 arranged on the head's top surface 22, has opposite upper 40 and lower 42 faces joined by peripheral faces. It is further provided with a fork-like feature 44, similar in concept to the pair of clamp 20 of the fixing block 18, with a central through hole 46 extending between the upper and lower faces and with a supporting foot 48 arranged opposite to the fork-like 44 feature.
  • the clamping plate's lower face 42 faces the head's top face 22 supported on one side by the foot 48 and on the other side by the sleeve 34 received in the fork-like feature 44 in abutment against a shoulder 50 of said fork- like 44 and, as can be observed on figure 2, the sleeve 34 is stuck between the transversal surface 36 and the shoulder 50.
  • a screw 52 is engaged in the central through hole 46 and is screwed in a threaded hole 54 provided in the injector's head 16. The screw diameter is chosen upon the size of the injector and the force required to sealingly connect the pipe on the injector.
  • the tightening force Fl generated by the screw 52 pulls the clamping plate 38 toward the injector head's top face 22 and, the fork-like 44 being arranged in cantilever relative to the foot 48 and the screw 52, a force F2 is successively transmitted from the shoulder 50 to the sleeve 34, then to the collar 36, to the male conical face 34 and finally to the female conical face 26.
  • the two conical faces 34, 26 are complementary engaged and sealingly pressed against each other enabling high pressure fuel to flow between the pipe and the injector.
  • connection without having a sleeve, the clamping plates' fork-like being in direct contact with the pipe's transversal surface and pushing it toward the inlet orifice.
  • the matching surfaces are conical.
  • Other matching surfaces such as portions of spheres, ovoid surfaces or even flat annular rings would similarly provide a sealed connection.
  • a preferred characteristic of these surfaces is that they are surfaces of revolution about an axis that is also the axis of the orifice they are surrounding. Still, as long as the surfaces are matching and can be arranged in complementary manner, a sealingly connection using the teaching of the invention can be implemented.
  • the male-female engagement could be reversed, male in the injector side, female on the pipe side.
  • the injector's head 16 is here further provided with a second orifice 56 similarly shaped to the first orifice 24 with a female conical surface 58 opening at the head's top face 22.
  • both orifices join a common volume 60 so that, depending on the need of fuel corresponding to an injection event, the high pressure fuel present in the pipes may enter the injector through both orifices 24, 56.
  • Another pipe 62 provided at its extremity with a matching second orifice 64 surrounded by a male conical surface 66 is sealingly connected to the head's second orifice 56.
  • the clamping plate 38 has no foot and is now provided with two identical fork-like features 44 symmetrically arranged about the central hole 46. Each fork- like 44 receives a pipe 28, 62, and the central screw 52 sealingly tightens both pipes onto the injector's first 24 and second 56 orifices. All the construction alternatives presented before are of course applicable to this two-pipe arrangement.
  • connection systems enable to "daisy chain" multiple injectors.
  • a second one-pipe embodiment will now be described in reference to figures 6 and 7.
  • the general principal is similar to the first environment with the difference that an integral "fixing-clamp" replaces the fixing bloc 18 and the clamping plate 38.
  • the integral fixing-clamp comprises a fixing member, screwed to the engine block, and a clamping member provided with the fork-like feature 44 which receives the pipe 28.
  • the fixing member is arranged as a cantilever relative to the fixing screw so, similarly to the first embodiment, the tightening force generated by the screw is augmented when pressing the pipe onto the first orifice 24.
  • a further advantage of this embodiment is to require one screw only since the force F2 is transmitted to the injector 14 fixing it in place in the well of the engine block.
  • a two-pipe alternative of the second embodiment will now be described in reference to figures 8 and 9.
  • the injector 14 is identical to the injector described in the two-pipe alternative of the first embodiment.
  • the integral fixing- clamp is now provided with two fork-like features 44, each one receiving a pipe, one being connected to the injector's first orifice 24, the other being connected to the injector's second orifice 56.
  • a "daisy chain" injection system 12 can be arranged similarly to the system of figure 5.
  • a third one-pipe embodiment will now be described in reference to figures 10 and 11.
  • a single pipe 28 is connected on the injector head's first orifice 24 thanks to an elongated clamping plate 38 centrally provided with a fork- like feature 44 for receiving the extremity of said pipe 28.
  • the elongated clamping plate 38 extends beyond the fuel injector 14 and is provided at both its extremities with a through hole 54 wherein is engaged a long screw 52 threaded on the engine block.
  • the elongated clamping plate 28 is now provided with two centrally arranged fork- like features 44, each receiving one pipe 28, 62, tightly connected to the first or second orifice of the injector.
  • a "daisy chain" injection system 12 can be arranged similarly to the system of figure 5.
  • the injector head's top face 22 is provided with a groove 68, that cross section is an arc of circle which axis is parallel to said top face 22.
  • the surface of the groove 28 is smooth.
  • the first orifice 24 opens at the bottom of the groove 68 where portions of the surface of the groove 68 surround it.
  • a cylindrical pipe 70 which outer diameter is slightly inferior to the diameter of the groove 68 is received in the groove 68 and lies at the bottom of it.
  • the cylindrical pipe 70 is provided with a matching first orifice 72 radially extending through its wall and which is aligned with the first orifice 24 of the injector 14.
  • the pipe 70 is fixed in the groove 68 by the clamping plate 38 that extends over the pipe 70 and that is pulled toward the injector' head 16 by two screws threaded in the injector's head 16.
  • the clamping plate 38 receives the pipe 70 in a V-shape notch 74 operated in its lower surface 42, the notch 74 being parallel to the pipe 70.
  • the matching first orifice 72 of the cylindrical pipe 70 is sealingly pressed against the injector's first orifice 24.
  • One objective to be achieved is to generate in the pipe 70 compressive stresses that offset the stresses generated by the fuel pressure in the tube.
  • the shape of the connection of the fourth embodiment may be modified so the groove 68 is quite larger that the diameter of the pipe 70 and, the so called V-notch 74 is also circular and larger than the diameter of the pipe 70.
  • the two screws are not parallel to each other, as shown on the figures, but their axes intersect within the injector so the clamp 38 may slightly bend over the pipe 70.
  • FIG. 16 An alternative to the fourth embodiment is now described in reference to figures 16 and 17.
  • the main difference of this alternative resides in the clamping feature to press the transversal pipe 70 within the groove 68.
  • the injector's head 16 is now provided with an protrusion member 78 radially extending relative to the main axis A of the injector.
  • the clamping hook 76 has a U- shape, one branch 80 being shorter than the other 82. In position, the short branch 80 is engaged with the protrusion member 78 of the head 16 in a hook- like, so the clamping hook 76 pivots about hook-like and the longer branch 82 of the U lies over the pipe 70.
  • a screw threaded in the injector's head 16 pulls the extremity of the longer branch 82 toward the injector's head 16 and presses the pipe 70 between said longer branch 82 and the groove 68.
  • the longer branch 82 can be provided with a V-shape notch 74 enabling an improved pipe 70 holding.
  • the V-notch has a shaped profile enabling to locate the pipe 70 and to provide appropriate clamping force and stress distribution.
  • connection system of the fourth embodiment enables to arrange a system 12 provided with a plurality of injectors 14 connected to a single pipe 70.
  • the single pipe 70 is provided with a plurality of radial orifices 72 through its wall and, each orifice is connected with the first orifice 24 of an injector 14.
  • the pipe 70 can be given a sinuous shape, as in the figure, or any other shape as best required by the engine environment.
  • the advantage of a non-linear shape is to provide a certain flexibility within the pipe 70, elasticity that can enable adjustment on the engine taking into account the cylinder-to-cylinder tolerances.
  • a clamp similar to the clamp 38 of the first embodiment, provided with a leg 48 can be utilized in the last embodiment in replacing the fork-like feature by the V-notch.
  • the daisy chain or the single pipe can receive fuel from one end or from both ends.
  • the pumping system barely introduced in this application may comprise a plurality of pumps arranged themselves in parallel or in series.
  • figure 18 presents a "daisy chain" system where the injectors are all connected to a single pipe.
  • An architecture where each injector is connected to the pump through its own pipe, can also be implemented.

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Abstract

A fuel injection system (12) for an internal combustion engine (10) comprises an injector (14) having a first orifice (24) to which is tightly connected a pipe (28) having a matching first orifice. Both orifices are surrounded with peripheral smooth surfaces that are complementary surfaces sealingly pressed against each other by a clamping plate (38).

Description

HIGH PRESSURE FLUID CONNECTION TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a high pressure fluid connection system particularly suitable to a fuel injection system.
BACKGROUND OF THE FNVENTION
High pressure fluid systems comprise several devices tightly
interconnected by pipes. Known connecting systems have been developed overtime such as flange and threaded nut, threaded pipes and others. In the confined environment of a vehicle engine, the fuel injection system comprises multiple of these connections that consequently are not easily accessible for assembling or servicing.
SUMMARY OF THE FNVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine. The system comprises an injector having a first orifice to which is tightly connected a pipe having a matching first orifice. Both orifices are surrounded with peripheral smooth surfaces that are complementary surfaces sealingly pressed against each other by a screw clamping plate.
The injector has a connection head where are arranged its first orifice and a second orifice. Both orifices join a common internal volume. The injection system further comprises an intermediate pipe having a matching orifice tightly connected to the injector's second orifice. Both said orifices are surrounded with peripheral smooth surfaces that are complementary surfaces sealingly pressed against each other by the clamping plate.
The orifices of said intermediate pipe are arranged at the extremities of said intermediate pipe. The system further comprises a second injector which first orifice is tightly connected to said another orifice of said intermediate pipe so that the first and the second injectors are connected.
More particularly, the system comprises at least three injectors connected by a plurality of intermediate pipes. The assembly extends from a first injector to a last injector and, the system further comprises a high pressure pump having an outlet orifice tightly connected by an intermediate pipes to the first orifice of said first injector.
Also, all smooth surfaces surrounding orifices are surfaces of revolution, the axis of each surface being the axis of the surrounded orifice, such as portion of cones or of sphere or are ovoid or flat discs.
Furthermore, the clamping plate has a fork-like portion extending from a lower surface to an upper surface of said clamping plate. The lower surface is arranged to face the head of the injector and the pipe is provided with a collar. The pipe is arranged in the fork with the collar in abutment against the lower face of the clamping plate, a screw being tightened to solicit the clamping plate toward the injector, the tightening force being transmitted to the collar so that the smooth surfaces of the pipe and of the injector are sealingly pressed against each other.
The clamping plate may have a second fork-like portion so that the injector's first and second orifices are sealingly connected to respective pipes.
The clamping plate has a through hole in which passes the screw, the head of the screw being in abutment against the upper surface of the clamping plate and its threaded portion being threaded into the head of the injector. The tightening force maintains the pipe in tightly connection with the injector.
More precisely, the clamping plate has a through hole wherein passes the screw, the head of the screw is in abutment against the upper surface of the clamping plate and its threaded portion being threaded into the engine block. The tightening force maintains the pipe in tightly connection with the injector and the injector in place on the engine.
The clamping plate may have a second through hole wherein passes a second screw, the head of the second screw being in abutment against the upper surface of the clamping plate and its threaded portion being threaded as well into the engine block. The fork-like is centrally arranged and the two screws are diametrically opposed from the fork-like so to provide balanced forces to tightly connect the pipe onto the injector.
In yet another embodiment, the pipe is cylindrical and is provided with a radial orifice extending through its wall, the complementary smooth surfaces being the outer cylindrical surface of the pipe and a matching surface of a groove. The groove is arranged on the top surface of the head of the injector.
This connections arrangement enable to assemble a system comprising a plurality of injectors connected to a single pipe provided with a plurality of radial orifices each of which being tightly connected to the first orifice of an injector.
More particularly the pipe can be engaged between a lower surface of the clamping plate and the head of the injector, a screw being tightened to force the clamping plate toward the injector so transmitting a radial tightening force to the pipe. Consequently, the smooth cylindrical surfaces of the pipe and of the injector are sealingly pressed against each other.
The screw is threaded on the head of the injector so that the clamping plate and the injector are pulled toward each other, the pipe between them being fixed by a radial compression force.
Also, the head of the injector and an extremity of the clamping plate may be engaged both having complementary hook- like shapes. The screw is tightened at an extremity of the clamping plate opposed to the hook, so that the pipe between the clamping plate and the injector's head is fixed by a radial
compression force. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention is now described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a first embodiment.
Figure 2 is a section of the connection of figure 1.
Figure 3 is similar to figure 1, two pipes being connected to the injector. Figure 4 is a section of the connection of figure 3.
Figure 5 is a general view of a plurality of injectors connected according to the first embodiment.
Figure 6 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a second embodiment.
Figure 7 is a section of the connection of figure 6.
Figure 8 is similar to figure 6, two pipes being connected to the injector. Figure 9 is a section of the connection of figure 8.
Figure 10 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a third embodiment.
Figure 11 is a section of the connection of figure 10.
Figure 12 is similar to figure 10, two pipes being connected to the injector.
Figure 13 is a section of the connection of figure 12.
Figure 14 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a fourth embodiment.
Figure 15 is a section of the connection of figure 14.
Figure 16 is a general view of the connection of a pipe on an injector as per a fifth embodiment.
Figure 17 is a section of the connection of figure 16.
Figure 18 is a general view of a fuel injection system comprising a plurality of injectors connected to a single pipe.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In the following description, similar elements will be designated with the same reference numbers.
Although the invention hereafter disclosed can be implemented in any high pressure fluid system, it has first been thought as part of a diesel engine 10 fuel injection system 12 wherein the fuel pressure exceeds 2000 bars. Therefore this description is based on such injection system 12 without any intent to limit the scope of the invention.
A fuel injector 14 has an elongated shape extending along a main axis A from a top head 16 to an injection nozzle. The injector 14 is positioned in a well provided in the engine block wherein it is fixed thanks to a fixing block 18 screwed onto the engine block. The fixing block 18 has an attachment feature 20, similar to a pair of clamp, receiving the injector's head 16 and, the screwing force exercises onto the injector 14 a fixing axial force.
A first embodiment of the invention is now described with reference to figures 1 and 2. On this first one-pipe embodiment, the top face 22 of the head 16 opens a first orifice 24 which in the vicinity of the top face 22 enlarges in a female conical surface 26. In this single-pipe embodiment, the first orifice 24 is an inlet wherein the high pressure fuel enters the injector. A pipe 28, provided at its extremity with a corresponding first orifice 30 surrounded by a male conical surface 32 is in complementary engagement with the head's first orifice 24. A tubular sleeve 34 arranged around the pipe 28 is in abutment against the base of the male cone that forms a transversal surface 36 such as a collar.
A clamping plate 38, arranged on the head's top surface 22, has opposite upper 40 and lower 42 faces joined by peripheral faces. It is further provided with a fork-like feature 44, similar in concept to the pair of clamp 20 of the fixing block 18, with a central through hole 46 extending between the upper and lower faces and with a supporting foot 48 arranged opposite to the fork-like 44 feature.
In position, the clamping plate's lower face 42 faces the head's top face 22 supported on one side by the foot 48 and on the other side by the sleeve 34 received in the fork-like feature 44 in abutment against a shoulder 50 of said fork- like 44 and, as can be observed on figure 2, the sleeve 34 is stuck between the transversal surface 36 and the shoulder 50. To fix the assembly, a screw 52 is engaged in the central through hole 46 and is screwed in a threaded hole 54 provided in the injector's head 16. The screw diameter is chosen upon the size of the injector and the force required to sealingly connect the pipe on the injector. The tightening force Fl generated by the screw 52 pulls the clamping plate 38 toward the injector head's top face 22 and, the fork-like 44 being arranged in cantilever relative to the foot 48 and the screw 52, a force F2 is successively transmitted from the shoulder 50 to the sleeve 34, then to the collar 36, to the male conical face 34 and finally to the female conical face 26. The two conical faces 34, 26 are complementary engaged and sealingly pressed against each other enabling high pressure fuel to flow between the pipe and the injector.
Alternatively, one could arrange the connection without having a sleeve, the clamping plates' fork-like being in direct contact with the pipe's transversal surface and pushing it toward the inlet orifice. Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment the matching surfaces are conical. Other matching surfaces such as portions of spheres, ovoid surfaces or even flat annular rings would similarly provide a sealed connection. A preferred characteristic of these surfaces is that they are surfaces of revolution about an axis that is also the axis of the orifice they are surrounding. Still, as long as the surfaces are matching and can be arranged in complementary manner, a sealingly connection using the teaching of the invention can be implemented. Also, the male-female engagement could be reversed, male in the injector side, female on the pipe side.
A two-pipe alternative of the first embodiment will now be described in reference to figures 3 and 4, focusing on the novel features of said alternative. Similar features having similar roles are given the same reference number.
The injector's head 16 is here further provided with a second orifice 56 similarly shaped to the first orifice 24 with a female conical surface 58 opening at the head's top face 22. Internally to the injector, both orifices join a common volume 60 so that, depending on the need of fuel corresponding to an injection event, the high pressure fuel present in the pipes may enter the injector through both orifices 24, 56. Another pipe 62 provided at its extremity with a matching second orifice 64 surrounded by a male conical surface 66 is sealingly connected to the head's second orifice 56. In this two-pipe alternative the clamping plate 38 has no foot and is now provided with two identical fork-like features 44 symmetrically arranged about the central hole 46. Each fork- like 44 receives a pipe 28, 62, and the central screw 52 sealingly tightens both pipes onto the injector's first 24 and second 56 orifices. All the construction alternatives presented before are of course applicable to this two-pipe arrangement.
As per figure 5, the previously described connection systems enable to "daisy chain" multiple injectors. This creates an architecture of fuel injection system where the injectors 14, six in the figure, are connected one after the other. A pipe 28, 62, having matching surfaces at each extremity connects the first orifice 24 of one injector 14 to the second orifice 56 of the neighbor injector. This enables to arrange such system that does not have a large common rail, saving major space in the engine environment.
A second one-pipe embodiment will now be described in reference to figures 6 and 7. The general principal is similar to the first environment with the difference that an integral "fixing-clamp" replaces the fixing bloc 18 and the clamping plate 38. The integral fixing-clamp comprises a fixing member, screwed to the engine block, and a clamping member provided with the fork-like feature 44 which receives the pipe 28. The fixing member is arranged as a cantilever relative to the fixing screw so, similarly to the first embodiment, the tightening force generated by the screw is augmented when pressing the pipe onto the first orifice 24. A further advantage of this embodiment is to require one screw only since the force F2 is transmitted to the injector 14 fixing it in place in the well of the engine block.
A two-pipe alternative of the second embodiment will now be described in reference to figures 8 and 9. The injector 14 is identical to the injector described in the two-pipe alternative of the first embodiment. The integral fixing- clamp is now provided with two fork-like features 44, each one receiving a pipe, one being connected to the injector's first orifice 24, the other being connected to the injector's second orifice 56.
Thanks to the connection system of this two-pipe alternative, a "daisy chain" injection system 12 can be arranged similarly to the system of figure 5.
A third one-pipe embodiment will now be described in reference to figures 10 and 11. A single pipe 28 is connected on the injector head's first orifice 24 thanks to an elongated clamping plate 38 centrally provided with a fork- like feature 44 for receiving the extremity of said pipe 28. The elongated clamping plate 38 extends beyond the fuel injector 14 and is provided at both its extremities with a through hole 54 wherein is engaged a long screw 52 threaded on the engine block. An advantage of this embodiment is that symmetrical forces are applied on the pipe 28 pressing the matching surfaces against each other. Furthermore, these symmetrical forces are transmitted to the injector 14 that is fixed in place in the well without need of any other part.
A two-pipe alternative to the third embodiment will now be presented in reference to figures 12 and 13. The elongated clamping plate 28 is now provided with two centrally arranged fork- like features 44, each receiving one pipe 28, 62, tightly connected to the first or second orifice of the injector.
Thanks to the connection system of this two-pipe alternative, a "daisy chain" injection system 12 can be arranged similarly to the system of figure 5.
A fourth embodiment will now be described in reference to the figures
14 and 15 where the injector 14 is fixed on the engine 10 thanks to the fixing block 18 as it is in the first embodiment. The injector head's top face 22 is provided with a groove 68, that cross section is an arc of circle which axis is parallel to said top face 22. The surface of the groove 28 is smooth. The first orifice 24 opens at the bottom of the groove 68 where portions of the surface of the groove 68 surround it. A cylindrical pipe 70 which outer diameter is slightly inferior to the diameter of the groove 68 is received in the groove 68 and lies at the bottom of it. The cylindrical pipe 70 is provided with a matching first orifice 72 radially extending through its wall and which is aligned with the first orifice 24 of the injector 14. The pipe 70 is fixed in the groove 68 by the clamping plate 38 that extends over the pipe 70 and that is pulled toward the injector' head 16 by two screws threaded in the injector's head 16. To better hold the pipe 70 in position in the groove 68, the clamping plate 38 receives the pipe 70 in a V-shape notch 74 operated in its lower surface 42, the notch 74 being parallel to the pipe 70. In this arrangement the matching first orifice 72 of the cylindrical pipe 70 is sealingly pressed against the injector's first orifice 24.
One objective to be achieved is to generate in the pipe 70 compressive stresses that offset the stresses generated by the fuel pressure in the tube. To achieve this the shape of the connection of the fourth embodiment may be modified so the groove 68 is quite larger that the diameter of the pipe 70 and, the so called V-notch 74 is also circular and larger than the diameter of the pipe 70. To generate the desired compressive stresses on the pipe 70, the two screws are not parallel to each other, as shown on the figures, but their axes intersect within the injector so the clamp 38 may slightly bend over the pipe 70.
An alternative to the fourth embodiment is now described in reference to figures 16 and 17. The main difference of this alternative resides in the clamping feature to press the transversal pipe 70 within the groove 68. The injector's head 16 is now provided with an protrusion member 78 radially extending relative to the main axis A of the injector. The clamping hook 76 has a U- shape, one branch 80 being shorter than the other 82. In position, the short branch 80 is engaged with the protrusion member 78 of the head 16 in a hook- like, so the clamping hook 76 pivots about hook-like and the longer branch 82 of the U lies over the pipe 70. A screw threaded in the injector's head 16 pulls the extremity of the longer branch 82 toward the injector's head 16 and presses the pipe 70 between said longer branch 82 and the groove 68. Here again the longer branch 82 can be provided with a V-shape notch 74 enabling an improved pipe 70 holding. As detailed above, the V-notch has a shaped profile enabling to locate the pipe 70 and to provide appropriate clamping force and stress distribution.
The clamping changes presented above with the non-parallel screws may be implemented as well in this alternative to the fourth embodiment.
As presented in figure 18, the connection system of the fourth embodiment, and its hook alternative, enables to arrange a system 12 provided with a plurality of injectors 14 connected to a single pipe 70. The single pipe 70 is provided with a plurality of radial orifices 72 through its wall and, each orifice is connected with the first orifice 24 of an injector 14. The pipe 70 can be given a sinuous shape, as in the figure, or any other shape as best required by the engine environment. The advantage of a non-linear shape is to provide a certain flexibility within the pipe 70, elasticity that can enable adjustment on the engine taking into account the cylinder-to-cylinder tolerances.
In yet another alternative, a clamp similar to the clamp 38 of the first embodiment, provided with a leg 48 can be utilized in the last embodiment in replacing the fork-like feature by the V-notch.
Other fuel systems architectures can easily be arranged thanks to the connection systems as presented in the different embodiments of this invention. For instance, the daisy chain or the single pipe can receive fuel from one end or from both ends.
Also, the pumping system barely introduced in this application may comprise a plurality of pumps arranged themselves in parallel or in series.
Also, figure 18 presents a "daisy chain" system where the injectors are all connected to a single pipe. An architecture where each injector is connected to the pump through its own pipe, can also be implemented.

Claims

1. A fuel injection system (12, 84) for an internal combustion engine (10) comprising an injector (14) having a first orifice (24) to which is tightly connected a pipe (28) having a matching first orifice (30), characterized in that both orifices (24, 30) are surrounded with peripheral smooth surfaces (32, 58) that are complementary surfaces sealingly pressed against each other by a screw clamping plate (38) and wherein, the injector (14) has a connection head (16) where are arranged its first orifice (24) and a second orifice (56), both orifices (24, 56) joining a common internal volume (60), the injection system (12) further comprising an intermediate pipe (62) having a matching orifice (64) tightly connected to said injector's second orifice (56), both said orifices (56, 64) being surrounded with peripheral smooth surfaces (58, 66) that are complementary surfaces sealingly pressed against each other by the clamping plate (38).
2. A system (12) as set in claim 1 wherein the orifices of said intermediate pipe (62) are arranged at the extremities of said intermediate pipe, the system (12) further comprising a second injector (14) which first orifice (24) is tightly connected to said another orifice of said intermediate pipe so that the first and the second injectors are connected.
3. A system (12) as set in claim 2 comprising at least three injectors (14) connected by a plurality of intermediate pipes (62), the assembly extending from a first injector to a last injector, the system (12) further comprising a high pressure pump having an outlet orifice tightly connected by an intermediate pipes to the first orifice of said first injector.
4. A system (12) as set in claim 3 where in the system, all smooth surfaces surrounding orifices are surfaces of revolution, the axis of each surface being the axis of the surrounded orifice, such as portion of cones or of sphere or are ovoid or flat discs.
5. A system (12) as set in any of the preceding claims wherein the clamping plate (38) has a fork- like portion (44) extending from a lower surface (42) to an upper surface (40) of said clamping plate (38), the lower surface (42) being arranged to face the head (16) of the injector and wherein the pipe (28) is provided with a collar (36), the pipe being arranged in the fork (44) with the collar in abutment against the lower face (42) of the clamping plate, a screw (52) being tightened to solicit the clamping plate toward the injector, the tightening force (Fl) being transmitted to the collar so that the smooth surfaces of the pipe and of the injector are sealingly pressed against each other.
6. A system (12) as set in claim 5 wherein the clamping plate (38) has a second fork-like portion (44) so that the injector's first and second orifices are sealingly connected to respective pipes.
7. A system (12) as set in any of the claims 5 or 6 wherein the clamping plate (38) has a through hole (46) in which passes the screw (52), the head of the screw being in abutment against the upper surface (40) of the clamping plate (38) and its threaded portion being threaded into the head of the injector, the tightening force (Fl) maintaining the pipe in tightly connection with the injector.
8. A system (12) as set in any of the claims 5 or 6 wherein the clamping plate (38) has a through hole wherein passes the screw, the head of the screw being in abutment against the upper surface of the clamping plate and its threaded portion being threaded into the engine (10) block, the tightening force (Fl) maintaining the pipe in tightly connection with the injector and the injector (14) in place on the engine (10).
9. A system (12) as set in claim 8 wherein the clamping plate has a second through hole wherein passes a second screw, the head of the second screw being in abutment against the upper surface of the clamping plate and its threaded portion being threaded as well into the engine block, the fork-like being centrally arranged and the two screws being diametrically opposed from the fork-like so to provide balanced forces to tightly connect the pipe onto the injector.
10. A fuel injection system (12, 84) for an internal combustion engine (10) comprising an injector (14) having a first orifice (24) to which is tightly connected a pipe (70) having a matching first orifice (72), characterized in that both orifices (24, 72) are surrounded with peripheral smooth surfaces (68) that are
complementary surfaces sealingly pressed against each other by a screw clamping plate (38) and wherein the pipe (70) is cylindrical and is provided with a radial orifice (72) extending through its wall, the complementary smooth surfaces being the outer cylindrical surface of the pipe and a matching surface of a groove (68) arranged on the top surface (22) of the head 516) of the injector (14).
11. A system (84) as set in claim 10 comprising a plurality of injectors connected to a single pipe (70) provided with a plurality of radial orifices (72) each of which being tightly connected to the first orifice (24) of an injector.
12 A system (84) as set in any of the claims 10 or 11 wherein the pipe (70) is engaged between a lower surface (42) of the clamping plate (38) and the head of the injector, a screw (52) being tightened to force the clamping plate (38) toward the injector so transmitting a radial tightening force to the pipe so that the smooth cylindrical surfaces of the pipe and of the injector are sealingly pressed against each other.
13. A system (84) as set in claim 12 wherein the screw (52) is threaded on the head of the injector so that the clamping plate (58) and the injector (14) are pulled toward each other, the pipe (70) between them being fixed by a radial compression force.
14. A system (84) as set in claim 13 wherein the head of the injector and an extremity of the clamping plate are engaged, both having complementary hooklike shapes (78, 80), the screw (52) being tightened at an extremity of the clamping plate (82) opposed to the hook (78, 80) so that the pipe (70) between the clamping plate (38) and the injector's head (16) is fixed by a radial compression force.
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